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New York, United States (AFP) by Yuki IWAMURA with AFP bureaus The world’s eight billion people have been ushering in 2023, bidding farewell to a turbulent year marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi’s World Cup glory and the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, Pele and former pope Benedict. Many set aside pinched budgets and a virus that is increasingly forgotten, but not gone, to embrace a party atmosphere on New Year’s Eve […]
Beijing, China (AFP) Travellers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases, with Australia the latest to demand a negative test before arrival. Last month, Beijing abruptly began dismantling its “zero-Covid” containment policy of lockdowns and mass testing, three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the city of Wuhan. As Covid overwhelms Chinese hospitals and crematoriums, officials have insisted that the wave is “under […]
Kampala, Uganda (AFP) At least nine people died, most aged between 10 and 20, in a shopping mall crush as revellers rang in the New Year in Uganda’s capital, police said on Sunday. After fireworks outside the Freedom City mall in Kampala, “a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others,” national police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire said. Four others died on their way to hospital “largely due to […]
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Russia’s New Year assault on Ukraine left three people dead and wounded another 50 as Moscow on Sunday claimed to have thwarted Kyiv’s “terror attacks” on the homeland. The Ukrainian capital and other cities came under fire from missiles and Iranian-made drones. The Ukrainian air force said Sunday 45 Iranian-made drones had been destroyed overnight. Thirteen were shot down at the end of 2022 and another 32 after midnight, the air […]
Manila, Philippines (AFP) Tens of thousands of travellers were stranded at Philippine airports on Sunday after a power outage knocked out communication and radar equipment at the country’s busiest hub in Manila, forcing hundreds of flights to be cancelled, delayed or diverted. Aviation authorities detected a “technical issue” on Sunday morning involving the air traffic management centre at Manila’s domestic and international airport. More than 360 flights in and out of Manila were cancelled, diverted […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos urged Filipinos to “embody the true meaning of solidarity,” as the country ushers in the new year. In his New Year message, the President also expressed hope “that we will draw strength and inspiration from what truly binds us together—our genuine love for our fellow Filipinos and our country” as “we reflect on the events that transpired in the previous year.” “This is the essence of our call for unity and […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Aurora and the northern portions of Quezon will have cloudy skies and rains as a result. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. PAGASA said eastern Visayas and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the […]
(Eagle News)–The Office of the Press Secretary has two new officials. The oath of office of Cherbett Karen L. Maralit as undersecretary and Francisco P. Rodriguez III as assistant secretary was administered by President Bongbong Marcos. According to the OPS, the oath of office took place on Saturday, December 31. Maralit was the chief of staff to former Senate Minority Leader Enrile Senate and of Senate Pro Tempore Loren Legarda. Rodriguez, meanwhile, was a head […]
(Eagle News)–Reported deaths due to heavy rains and floods in Visayas and Mindanao over the weekend rose to 46, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said. According to the NDRRMC, 12 people were also reported injured. Twenty-eight were reported missing. Affected families are at 133,344. Meanwhile, the NDRRMC said the damage to agriculture due to flooding and other effects of the shear line reached P234.78 million. The damage to infrastructure was reported at […]
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) US police investigating the frenzied stabbing of four students at a small Idaho university said Friday they had arrested a man on the other side of the country. The brutal killings in mid-November left the college town of Moscow in shock as residents struggled to come to grips with the first murders there in several years. The students –- Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle’s […]
France and Britain on Friday joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China, and the World Health Organization pressed Beijing to be more forthcoming on real-time data amid an explosion of cases there. Spain, South Korea and Israel also said they would require proof of a negative test for travelers leaving China. Despite its hospitals and morgues being overwhelmed — and international concern over the low official figures on infections […]
North Korea fired at least one “unspecified ballistic missile” Saturday, Seoul’s military said, just days after five of Pyongyang’s drones flew across the shared border and into the South’s airspace. Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen sharply this year as the North has carried out an unprecedented blitz of weapons tests, including the launch of its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile ever last month. “North Korea fires an unidentified ballistic missile into […]
